The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-08-09
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REV. SAM sAtALL's TWO SERMONS.

hEN. SAM sMALL'S Two SERMONS,
Other Interesting Exercises festeriaJ-EI.l
perienco Meeting and Song ssrvlce--sam
Small on Holiness = The Rose Of
sharon and Lily of the Valley.
MouSDsyILLr CAMr MEEriNo, August
s.-The weather to-day Is all that any one
could ,wleh. The morning was rather un-
comfortably cool, but the aun shone out
bright and It was soon warm enough.
The morning service was well attended,
and WAS In charge Of Rev. B. B. Evans, Of
Nswburg. He spent some time after
opening In tho relation Of his experience,
which Is In many respects most wonder.
ful one. This was followed by numerous
others giving briefly their present exper.
fences. 4 1t was a good beginning to the
exercises Of the day. A most pleasant and
profitable song service followed under the
leadership OF E, o. Excel. These services
are surely very profitable to the lovers Of
vocal music, and they nrs taking adyant-
age OF II, for there wero nearly one hun
dred volces in the chorus this morning.
! The aeryiceB at 1880 opened by singing
II will follow Jesus" and prayer by Rev.
G. w. Grimes. Mr.. EXCEL sang by re-
quest "rhe' handwriting on the WALL
Rev. Small preached from the text: "And
II any man Gin we have an advocate with
the Father, Jeaus Christ the righteous"
Before taking his text he said he did not
expect to please everybody. He did ex.
pect TO please everybody that belonged to
tho Methodist church, but he did not ex-
pect to please those that thought the
Methodist church belongs to them, He
Btroys to preach holineee. There were
some persona in the Methodist church
that laughed at the idea Of holiness. In
doing this you laugh at the founder oil
the church itself. If you don't believe in
holiness, you had better leave this old
church and hunt another. .f ga';E't5,4 e
He asked all Who found fault with his
preaching to come to him and not talk to
others. IL he makes mistakes be Is will.
ing to rectify them. ~, 375slF[itt$
! The points made in bis sermon were as
followa: We all have sinned. When VIC
lookat our relations to the Father, we must
recognize the TACT that all are far from
Him. We cannot be what we ought 10 be-
until there Ia a reconciliation, an atone.
ment, which meaus At One.ment. AT
every effort the world made to make itself
d peace with God, only took 1t farther
from him. II marched downward for four
thousand years-irom the time OF Adam
to Christ. It was Just as low then as 1t
could get. It has never been as low since.
All OF the work OF Christ, bis life, his
death, his resurrection, was to make an
atonement for man. We all need IN ad.
vocste. We must have one who eau take
our case to tho Father, sprinkle 1t with
the blood OF the atonemens and present
it to Him. No man can save himself.
No one can redeem bis brother. It Is an
axiom that man who pleads his own
case in human court, has a fool for q
client, and he surely is most consum-
mate fool who would attempt to plead his
own CAGE before God. The most clio.
quent man living cannot plead your
cause from the fact that he ia criminal
like yourself. But you must have an Adj
vocate. Your cause must be pleaded be.
fore the bar Of God. Who will do it? In
human court il man is not able to pro.
cure an advocate, the court appoints one
for him. So God does the came. He will
not condemn without defsnse. So he
took Jesus Christ, mis- only Son. II you
hunt al advocate you want one who has
weight with the court. II your lie is at
stake you are still more anxious. It your
eternal deetiny is at stake you should still |
be more anxious. Christ is the greatest
Advocate We could have. s2 5 5lg15.s
l.. He is the only righteous man the
world has ever seen. & - pe
=. He has access to God, for God has
said Sole that cometh to ms through
him shall in no wise cast out. 80
.. His influence with the Father, for
he is equal with him. .5.l'5J'EI
a. HI knowe the law, he knows WHY
God formed 1t as he did. He knows lust
where 1t touches me. a.
The law has therefore now no more do. |
minion over me. The lsw was the school |
master to bring me to Christ, but after |
came to Hin ] forgot the law in nv love
for Christ. Isl h 80 |
5. He knows me perfectly. Blessed be |
God that he appoints for me an advocate
that mests every demand of my nature, |
When We have an earthly advocate we |
put our whole case in his hands, and this |
10 What God requires US to do. He talked |
very calmly throughout the whole dis.
course, but closed with most earnest an.
peal Tor sinners to come forward, and |
quite number did SO. Some time was
spent in singing and prayer. There Were
tour conversions. nv
The chiidfen's meeting at one o'clock |
was conducted by CIV. Grimes, Quite
a number Of Others talked, among whom
were J. A. Emery, Esq., and Rsv. B. b.
Evans. T',,iFl1 ,';i,-' r,
At three o'clock Rev. Bright, Of Indiana,
preached from the words "Lord. I be.
lieve." The sermon was delivered in bis
most effective manner, and he clooed with
an earnest invitation to the altar. Two
came forward. 1t seems as If this bea
been the beginning Of effective work.
TheIewer scores Of serious ones in the
congregation. !ls5, 1ii55. 5T7
The opening aervics tonight was the
2l2!h hymn in the singing book, Thai
Presiding Elder and congregation read
and sang alternately, which was a beauti-
Jul and unique service. Sam SmG!l's text
was from the Twentieth chapter and first
verse Of the Song Of Solomon-'sI am thu
rose Of Sharon and tho lily OF the valley"
King Solomon heard the voice Of the
Savior speaking to him and no wrote
down the words. he assumes to teach
US to know him in all his grandeur. III
we study the Lesson he meant to teach us
we will learn more Of him than we can in
any other way. Tho rose ia one Of the
moat beautiful things In nature. 4 It is i'm.
possible to create On artificial roee. The
to deceive. He wished man to study Tia
rose in all its perfection, and then Ia
lection, W.. III. 7t. iii69 -.
Ronaparte, as no walked the deck Of a
vessel, oyerhearing two mon Disgusting
Uhrlats divinity, said, looking upward:
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